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1 class
1. plural - classes; noun1) (a group of people or things that are alike in some way: The dog won first prize in its class in the dog show.) klasė, kategorija2) ((the system according to which people belong to) one of a number of economic/social groups: the upper class; the middle class; the working class; ( also adjective) the class system.) klasė3) (a grade or rank (of merit): musicians of a high class.) meistriškumas4) (a number of students or scholars taught together: John and I are in the same class.) klasė5) (a school lesson or college lecture etc: a French class.) pamoka, paskaita6) ((American) a course or series of lectures, often leading to an examination.) kursas2. verb(to regard as being of a certain type: He classes all women as stupid.) laikyti- class-room -
2 society
plural - societies; noun1) (mankind considered as a whole: He was a danger to society.) visuomenė2) (a particular group or part of mankind considered as a whole: middle-class society; modern western societies.) visuomenė3) (an association or club: a model railway society.) draugija, sąjunga4) (the class of people who are wealthy, fashionable or of high rank in any area: high society.) visuomenė5) (company or companionship: I enjoy the society of young people.) draugija -
3 matron
['meitrən]1) (a senior nurse in charge of a hospital.) vyresnioji medicinos sesuo2) (a dignified married woman: Her behaviour shocked all the middle-class matrons in the neighbourhood.) garbinga ištekėjusi moteris•- matronly -
4 WASP
[wosp](White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.) (JAV) anglosaksų kilmės baltasis protestantas (visuomenės elitas, grietinėlė)- Waspish- waspish
- waspishly
- waspishness
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middle-class — middle class … Dictionary of sociology
middle class — middle class, middle classes In many ways this is the least satisfactory term which attempts in one phrase to define a class sharing common work and market situations. The middle stratum of industrial societies has expanded so much in the last… … Dictionary of sociology
middle class — ♦♦♦ middle classes 1) N COUNT COLL: usu the N The middle class or middle classes are the people in a society who are not working class or upper class. Business people, managers, doctors, lawyers, and teachers are usually regarded as middle class … English dictionary
Middle class — Middle Mid dle (m[i^]d d l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See {Mid}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
middle-class — adjective * belonging or relating to the middle class: a young poet from a middle class home a. middle class attitudes and behavior are conservative ones that people consider to be typical of the middle class: people with middle class tastes … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
middle-class — adj 1.) typical of people who are educated and work in professional jobs ▪ a middle class family ▪ They lived a comfortable middle class life. 2.) middle class attitudes and ideas are typical of middle class people and are often concerned with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
middle-class — adj 1.) typical of people who are educated and work in professional jobs ▪ a middle class family ▪ They lived a comfortable middle class life. 2.) middle class attitudes and ideas are typical of middle class people and are often concerned with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
middle class — n the social class that includes people who are educated and work in professional jobs, for example teachers or managers →↑lower class, upper class ↑upper class, working class ↑working class ▪ This led to the creation of a new, affluent middle… … Dictionary of contemporary English
middle class — n the social class that includes people who are educated and work in professional jobs, for example teachers or managers →↑lower class, upper class ↑upper class, working class ↑working class ▪ This led to the creation of a new, affluent middle… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Middle Class — Datos generales Origen Santa Ana, California, USA Información artística Género(s) Punk rock, hardcore punk … Wikipedia Español
middle-class — middle classness, n. /mid l klas , klahs /, adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois: middle class taste; middle class morality. [1890 95] * * * … Universalium
